Progressive Era Word Scramble

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Question	Answer
During the Progressive Era, many churches and religious organizations began efforts to improve	society
The NAACP grew out of the ideas of	WEB Dubois
18th Amendment	Prohibition
What policy was put into place by Plessy v. Ferguson decision of the Supreme Court?This SYSTEM was accepted in the South.	JIM CROW LAWS
Preliminary election in which voters choose the final candidates	Direct Primary
African American educator who headed the Tuskegee Institute	Booker T. Washington
One of the progressives' main goals was to improve	capitalism
Organization that worked for equality for African Americans	NAACP
Progressive leader of the women's suffrage movement	Carrie Chapman Catt
The most significant political reform that the progressives accomplished at the NATIONAL level was the	direct election of senators
Legal decision that defended a law limiting female factory workers to a 10 hour work day	Muller v. Oregon
Muckraker novelist who wrote "THE JUNGLE"	Upton Sinclair
Began the commission form of city government	Galveston
Direct election of senators	17th Amendment
Empowered the federal government to levy an income tax	16th Amendment
African American scientist and editor who taught at Atlanta University in the early 1900s	WEB Dubois
Supreme Court decision that segregation was constitutional as long as separate facilities were equal	Plessy v. Ferguson
Novel that described unsanitary meatpacking conditions	The Jungle
During the early 1900's, poor children seldom benefited from public education because they often had to do what to help their families?	work
Most progressive reformers were what kind of urban professionals?	middle-class
Perhaps the EMOTIONAL progressive reform was the campaign against	child labor
Journalists and writers who exposed corruption and social problems	Muckrakers
Alice Paul's strategy alarmed many in the suffrage movement because she wanted to start what type of political party?	Women's Only Political Party
As a result of progressive reforms in education, laws were passed requiring	attendance

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